Employment Officer

TAMESIDE COUNCIL; Tameside; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Tameside Council, Employment and Skills Service, is offering an exciting fixed term Employment Officer role across the NEET support team to engage with young people and partner organisations. The post is funded until 31 March 2027 with possible extension and requires flexible working to suit participant availability.

The role focuses on helping young people aged 15-18 (or up to 24 if care experienced or EHCP) into work or further education, with a real commitment to workforce development and

Qualifications

• Employment Officer role to support a caseload of young people into work or further education or training.
• Energetic, passionate and committed to engaging with young people and partners such as careers guidance and education providers.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the project team to support NEET young people into work or further education and skills opportunities.

Job description

Contract Type

Fixed term contract (until 31st March 2027)

Contract Reason

Secondment cover

Secondment Opportunity

Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment

Salary

Grade F. Scale 17 - £32,046 to Scale 22 - £34,811

Hours Per Week

36

Base Location

Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6 BH

Assessment Date

Interviews are expected to take place approximately 2 weeks after the job advert closes.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Tameside Council Employment and Skills Service, working cross Directorate with our colleagues in Childrens Service, as part of the Tameside Futures NEET support team. Tameside Futures works to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in Tameside aged 15-18, or up to 24 if the young person is care experienced or has an EHCP.

Currently this role is funded until 31 March 2027 however this is expected to be extended to March 2029 with confirmation due in Autumn 2026.

About You

We are looking for an Employment Officer whose role will be to work as part of the project team and focus on supporting a caseload of young people into/towards work or further education / skills / training. We are looking for an energetic, passionate, and committed individual who is able to engage with young people in addition to working in partnership with organisations that support young people such as careers guidance, Leaving Care Team, JCP and our post 16 education providers.

This may involve some flexible working to suit the availability of participants.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex‑military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.

For further details about this role please contact Sarah Jamieson, Head of Employment & Skills on 0161 342 3629 or [e-mail]